A MAN has been arrested as part of an ongoing drug and money laundering investigation on Teesside.

National Crime Agency officers carried out a series of raids today (Tuesday, September 16) in Stockton and Middlesbrough.

A 31-year-old man was arrested on suspicion of conspiring to supply class A drugs and money laundering offences at a business address in Haverton Hill Road, Stockton, and is now being questioned.

As part of the operation, documents and computers were seized following searches of residential and business premises in Stockton, Middlesbrough and Darlington and are now being examined.

Two cars were also taken away from a residential property in Stockton for further forensic examination.

National Crime Agency branch commander David Norris said: “The execution of these warrants is the latest phase of an investigation which has already seen the seizure of substantial quantities of class A drugs and cash.

"That investigation will continue with the evidence we have seized today.”